HFS permissions from Windows 7

I've installed the Boot Camp updates in Windows 7 (x64) and I do indeed have read access to my HFS partition. I notice that you cannot access anything in the Users folder, which makes sense for security purposes however I would rather not put files I need to share in the root of my HFS partition.

What permissions does a folder on the HFS partition need for it to be accessible under Boot Camp? For instance, looking at the applications folder I see that it has "system", "admin", and "everyone" in the permissions list. That folder is accessible from Windows. I've tried adding the everyone permission to another folder within my home folder under Users but the folders don't even show up in Windows. Only the parent "Users" folder itself.

Has anyone had any success working with folders using the new HFS driver in Windows Boot Camp for any folders that are not in the root of the HFS partition?

Thanks

iMac 24 / MacBook Pro 17" / Mac Mini / iPhone 3G 16GB / iPhone Edge 4GB, Mac OS X (10.6), 3.06 Ghz / Core 2 Duo / 4GB Ram

Posted on Sep 1, 2009 5:53 PM

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